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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

TAXAL

• Taxal was a township in Taxal ancient parish, Macclesfield hundred (SK 0179), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• The civil parish was abolished in 1936 to become part of Hartington Upper Quarter (Derbyshire), Whaley Bridge (Derbyshire) and Wildboaclough.
• It included the hamlets of Fernilee, Goyts Clough, Normanwood and Overton.
• The population was 160 in 1801, 205 in 1851, and 342 in 1901.

For the period after 1936, see Hartington Upper Quarter (Derbyshire), Whaley Bridge (Derbyshire) and Wildboaclough.

Boundary Changes

• 1936 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Hartington Upper Quarter, Derbyshire (3019 acres), and Whaley Bridge (Derbyshire) (573 acres), and Wildboaclough (207 acres, pop. 7 in 1931)

Churches and Chapels

• Taxal: St. James, formerly St. Leonard (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Taxal.
• Fernilee: Holy Trinity (Church of England). A chapel to Taxal: St. James, founded by 1883.

Local Government Districts

• Macclesfield Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
• Macclesfield Rural District (1894-1936).

Electoral Districts

• North Cheshire (1832-67)
• Mid Cheshire (1868-85)
• Knutsford (1885-1936)

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Stockport (County) (1828-1936)

Poor Law Unions

• Macclesfield

Registration Districts

• Macclesfield (1837-1936)

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